Meet the Designers

Leah Buechley (USA) is a specialist in wearables and designer of the Lilypad Arduino, an e-textile construction kit. She told us all about the uses of new electric designer materials in e-Fashion and wearables, and demonstrated an array of new materials.

Marina Toeters (NL) is a fashion designer who worked with technicians to create a garment where fashion and technology become one. She showed her "by-wire experiments" and a project she did for Philips: The Lumalive project.

elfriendo

The Digital Methods Initiative from the University of Amsterdam and the Govcom.org Foundation present their latest project: elfriendo. elfriendo is a MySpace related service. It's designs for people who have no time to fill in a profile, or would like to save time blending in with other fans of a certain interest. Read more about elfriendo here